benburton

I didn't listen regularly, mainly because of Steve's repetitiveness. He would say exactly the same thing seven ways from sunup, like he was addressing pre-schoolers. I would love to do the show. Qualifications? Nah, but, what the hey. I ain't repetitive. That is to say you won't catch me repeating myself. At least, not in the same group of sentences. Always been a pet peeve of mine....people who use that term, "pet peeve." That, and those who say the same thing over and over. I believe in making my point and moving on. Not rehashing the same ground ad infinitum. Know whut I mean, Vern? Yup....

Now, hang on there, Charlie! If Auburn was third in SEC wins, how did they get a second seed?

As for you, swtiger, you're the type who gives Auburn a reputation for whine-i-ness. I and my party at yesterday's game were marveling at how many more supporters Auburn had than us! "Home field" my but! If you're referring to our having played there a time or two during the year, give me a break. Auburn could as well, if they chose to.

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The overall champion is the No. 1 seed and the other divison winner is the No. 2 seed.
Charles

Hey Banks, yours is a PERFECT example of what many of these yo-yos on here can't grasp. That boy's eyebrow will grow back. He had already seen fit to disfigure it in the first place. There HAS to be a firm alliance between parent and teacher if we are to keep this under control. You see how surprised (and delighted!) the principal was when he saw you after the incident. More like that and our kids, therefore, our school systems, will be far better off.

Well, I am assuming both principal and punk are black. Otherwise, jesse and al would have boarded the first bus south, and it would be headline material across the country.

You're probably right, though. The good old aclu will be happy to go to bat for the student in this case, and the parents will likely yell, "Show me the money!"

I'm surprised corporal punishment is still on the books, as one lady says. I thought it died out with full integration. I know coaches ceased calling players "boy." And I guarantee you, a white principal or coach would not have dared to paddle a black "KID," as they had done for a century.

Amazing how the side effects of something that is necessary and good can cause (via political correctness) our system to fall apart. Such a pity those old issues always were at the fore, ready to jump out and grab anyone who GENUINELY tried to overlook race and treat ALL students the same!

Any word from the parents yet? I'm guessing typical "the principal is wrong" nonsense. Hell's bells, she ought to be given an award. If the parent/s were righteous, they would head straight to the school board to beg that the principal be reinstated -- WITH pay.

I L-O-V-E imaginative forms of corporeal punishment. This is certainly a case of "No harm, no foul." Donna Mitchell, you are my new hero. Way to go, madam!!!

I'm certain Tom Watson (who has more class in his little toenail than Woods could ever hope to see with the aid of the Hubble telescope) doesn't think he displayed the PROMISED "respect for the game." I don't think his wife will care much for it, because it goes SO much deeper than the actual utterances. Very typical of a narcissist. Narcissists are not gentlemen. Golf is, or once was, anyway, a gentleman's game.

And so we move, ever so steadily, into a land where words and, at least the APPEARANCE of ethics are becoming/have become not even gratuitous, but irrelevant, based on the majority of posts I see here. If it is perfectly fine for Woods to shout out the obscenities he did, including GD, in front of women and children, where DO we draw the line? HUH? If, indeed, there are still words currently on the cusp of inappropriateness, I suppose if we give it a few, you will have them grandfathered in, eh? We have traversed ever more deeply through the looking glass, where those who attempt to stand behind long-accepted rules of civility are the ones shouted down and accused of indecency for having complained about that which, by an reasonable measure, was once considered indecent.

Don't tell me I have to listen to it! If you want to say nobody forced me to attend, that shows how irrational you are. Were it NOT for people giving a rat's rear (yeah, that's right, I deem "rat's rear" acceptable) about professional golf, the T Woodses of the world would likely be toiling 9 to 5 like most of us, his Ivory Tower torn asunder.

At least then, when he hurls profanity, it will be confined to his household. After all, laws are still on the books regarding noise pollution in public ... but I guess a private golf course, attended by the public, is immune.

If we don't start standing on principle NOW, the "line" will become so nebulous that it might as well not exist. I don't care for that scenario.

Put it this way as regards the miraculous Mr. Woods: He knew he was under the greatest scrutiny of his career. I'll assume his wife was watching from afar. His mea culpas included an admission that golf IS only a game, and not even in the same league with marriage and family. NOW, in his VERY FIRST tournament, his first real test, after months of rehab - not just sex rehab, but rehab aimed at changing his overall attitude - what does he do? FLUNKS with flying colors. Not only that, but he says he doesn't know what the big deal is the day after his rants! Doesn't sound to me like someone who sincerely feels he ever needed rehab anyhow. I'm certain Tom Watson (who has I don't think his wife will care much for it, because it goes SO much deeper than the actual utterances. Very typical of a narcissist. Narcissists are not gentlemen. Golf is, or once was, anyway, a gentleman's game.

I think it is Woods who is the sad, pathetic little man, dude. His time in rehab must have worked wonders, huh? How on earth can his wife and family...you know, the ONLY things that really count...ever trust this cad? If he REALLY meant what he said, he would have manned up. How hard is it to keep your foul mouth shut?

Should we write off his shenanigans to the intense pressure he has been under? I mean, gee, the guy has enough riches to live that way for a hundred lifetimes. Like Trevino said, "Pressure is a $20 nassau with the mafia when you only have $5 in your pocket."

And do NOT tell me it is his business only. Not when I'm sitting with my ten-year-old niece and his shouts invade my living room! Succinctly, he's a punk, blessed with an extraordinary skill to play a game.